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Families of the victims place flowers at a ceremony marking 10 years since the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17).

The five names that shrouded a terrible anniversary

At a service to mark the 10th anniversary of the shooting down of flight MH17, five names hung over those in attendance.

  • Shane Wright

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Former prime ministers Tony Abbott and John Howard have been banned indefinitely from entering Russia.

Tony Abbott, John Howard earn Putin’s ire, hit with sanctions by Kremlin

Russia’s relations with Australia has deteriorated to unprecedented lows since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago.

  • Rob Harris
Igor Girkin also know as Igor Strelkov, the former military chief for Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, sits in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow’s City Court in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Militant behind MH17 shoot down jailed in Moscow for extremism

Prominent Russian war blogger Igor Girkin accused President Vladimir Putin and the army top brass of not pursuing the Ukraine war effectively enough.

  • Rob Harris
Foreign Minister Penny Wong will formally impose the sanctions on two Russian nationals and one Ukrainian.

Australia to sanction three pro-Russian soldiers over MH17 tragedy

Two pro-Russian soldiers who were found guilty of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, plus a Russian army colonel, will be hit with sanctions and travel bans.

  • Matthew Knott
Igor Girkin, who has been convicted over his role in the shooting down of MH17.

Militant convicted over shooting down of MH17 entering Russian politics ‘to save nation’

Igor Girkin has warned that Russia is in danger of turmoil or even collapse due to military failures in the Ukraine war.

  • Guy Faulconbridge
The three men were found to be involved in the downing of the MH17 flight, which was shot down in Ukraine in 2014.

‘Apply sanctions on these murderers’: Opposition calls for action over downing of MH17

The District Court of The Hague in November found three pro-Russian separatist fighters guilty of causing the downing of MH17 over eastern Ukraine in 2014.

  • Anthony Galloway
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An Orthodox cross with a sign reading Save and Guard, at a memorial to the victims of the downing of MH17, near the village of Hrabove, Russian-controlled Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

We mustn’t confuse a lack of MH17 probe results with a lack of effort

More than eight years, three guilty men at large and not a word from the people who could really help find answers.

  • Rob Harris
James Rizk and Vanessa Rizk with parents lost to MH17 Maree and Albert Rizk.

Russian lack of responsibility ‘distressing’, say Australian MH17 families

Australians who lost family members to the downing of MH17 have expressed sadness at the Dutch authorities’ suspension of the investigation.

  • Olivia Ireland
Russian President Vladimir Putin played a role in supplying the anti-aircraft weaponry that downed Malaysia Airlines flight 17.

Putin approved supply of missiles that shot down MH17 in 2014: investigators

Prosecutors have evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed off on a decision to allow the Russian missile system into Ukraine.

  • Rob Harris
Julie Bishop

‘The answers they deserve’: Julie Bishop on the MH17 verdict

The former foreign minister has welcomed the life sentences handed to three men for their roles in the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, but says it’s unlikely they will serve jail time.

  • James Massola

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